Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health

Culture of Innovation

For the full potential of innovation to be realised, systems, processes and practices need to be designed in ways that authorise, permit and facilitate its presence and growth, creating supportive environments with a positive culture of innovation. ​

At the CEIH we provide a conducive environment for innovation, promoting courageous and radial thinking to re-imagine how we deliver quality care for all South Australians. We are here to support the evolution of new ideas, products, and technologies from an initial thought, into a fully realised solution. We can provide guidance on how to take the seed of an innovation and nourish it through the process of ideation and collaboration. We bring industry, academia, government, and community together to create new ideas and bring them to life.

We’ve devel­oped a Guide and Dis­cus­sion Paper that explore the con­cept of Inno­va­tion, high­light some of the issues to con­sid­er when con­sid­er­ing adopt­ing a cul­ture of inno­va­tion, and the ben­e­fit inno­va­tion deliv­ers for the health­care system.

The Cul­ture of Inno­va­tion Guide (the Guide) is a thought-pro­vok­ing con­ver­sa­tion starter for those seek­ing to be more inno­v­a­tive in their areas of influ­ence across the health sec­tor, be it in their own per­son­al role, or through­out a team, a divi­sion, a depart­ment, or indeed, across an entire sys­tem. The Guide is designed to pro­vide an entry point to the con­cept of Inno­va­tion, offer­ing def­i­n­i­tions, expla­na­tions, case stud­ies and evi­dence, as well as intro­duc­ing some of the issues to con­sid­er when con­sid­er­ing adopt­ing a cul­ture of innovation.

The Dis­cus­sion Paper is a part­ner doc­u­ment to the Guide, draw­ing togeth­er lit­er­a­ture to deliv­er the con­text and ratio­nale behind the need for invest­ment in inno­va­tion. The paper describes the func­tion of inno­va­tion, the fea­tures of it, and the ben­e­fit it deliv­ers for the health­care system.

Please take the time to have a look at what the future might hold, and per­haps imag­ine how inno­va­tion will play its part in your world.

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